Hannah Waddingham Explains Why She Has a ‘Real Problem’ With People Who Hate ‘Inspiring’ Tom Cruise

He is without doubt one of the loveliest and encouraging, positive and inspiring human beings I have ever met,” Waddingham, 49, said of Cruise, 62, when appearing on the Monday, December 25, episode of ITV’s James Martin’s Saturday Morning. “Isn’t he gorgeous? I have no time for anyone saying anything about him.”

Waddingham appeared alongside Cruise in the eighth Mission Impossible movie — titled Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two — which is set to be released in 2025. While her role hasn’t been revealed just yet, Waddingham said she spent “five days intensely” on the USS George H.W. Bush fighter carrier acting with Cruise, who plays Ethan Hunt in the film franchise.

Initially, Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two was set to be released in June 2024. It was revealed in October that the film’s release date had been pushed until May 2025 after production was halted due to the SAG-AFTRA strike earlier this year. Waddingham said during her Sunday Morning interview that she still has “another kind of main scene” to shoot with Cruise after production on the movie resumes.